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Newspaper Page Text, ,v--n.-',"iu"'' ' iMf V-'WH" a-" H REGON 0 f MIST. A ' WT HKLIiXM, OIUXJOX. Fill DAY, .A PHIL 20, 1907. ,: ;, ,! , NO. 0. . NEWS OF THE WEEK a Condensed Form fcr Csr BasyEcsders. HAPPENINGS CF TWO CONTINENTS A Rum of tha Last Important but Not Lets InUraetlnf Kvawt of th Past Wok. A parliament house I lo bt built by The senatorial deadlock In Wiseonln continue unbroken. It In said Thaw lawyer will aak for thang of venue fur tb next trial. KumUiii I n.Iu(ry I bring paralysed .y the touliuued trlk of III Mlluii The senatorial deadlta'k In Rhode Maud U practically where It ih 13 wkl glt. A resolution aklng Konwvelt to ac c-r.,t miotlirr form ha bwu deflated by the IVtumyltsiil legislator. Mr than a acora of foreigner ao mwil ol twlng nuwnlwr of th ''Black Hand" mi J responsible for a large Dtutilw-r or crime ara on (rial at Wllk Urre, I'a. Krviry lart la horn irom a month's trip lo I "ana ma anil Culm. llu triM lh work ibtfi ty Governor Mii,"-n iu Cult arid aay lit canal I j.r .iiwIiik latiafwlorlly. A i'.mmilUH) apiiuluUfcl by Uiv , l in i. .! Irgialaiura place th value of rnlr.ad in ll.at ttate at $218,000,000. 'I tip ir.i( niya much water kaa U n iiijn'lp.1 into various (lock. Knn lipoid may offer to tail Congo to KmiHti. Cnlil weather In TM lai gteally damaged early frull. Tim order of Native Hons til Call fur ma have misted Ktief. Vi ha bcon renewed In Central Aiii. ri.a am) an aim tent Into Huti durst. lire partly dralroyed hii,TrJ at Genoa, Italy. the Urgent Ths Iim la placed .1 $WO,000. Hcvritl prominent Ohio lumber I -rni davit Uvn ImlloUxl for vloUting tha auli tiut li ot that alate. A tliw-ajfu boy 17 yeaii oM bat ill ..rl 7,0UU wlilt'h Ita k tak to a laink lor bia uiiloyrra. Tli Miniiata rcnata hat tahlr! a rnfilntitiii jauMwi by Ui biiiM wliich hfinl.ir.ra lUcvolt in bia aland .iint llarriiiwn, Fir irpt over 100 acra ot Manila, thf l atiiuuntlng lo I2W.Q00. Tli Kn-nUnt lt ol 111 diwtmyvd n'tiiMl m cinjujrd ot nativ liou-. A iIix'IihiiihI uiiiiy ot Ui New Yoik, Nrw Haven A llartfonl railway lm xtii amtHt fr aiteniplnit to wtvk a nnnger ttaln on ilia I toad. A St. Ijiui cmiple will ba marrlixl i'ii at the ai(ta o 101 and 100. Ohio, Pitunaylvanla nd New York have Iwii vlalleil by a anowatorm. Fjirly liult lu Tnnw in rrporliol to he (evuiely damyod by cold wwther. A ulifc'lit 'oartlupjaka thock at Charlr. ton, H. C, tlnew the rxmple Into a llk Thrrw 1 no rlianre for tha lotlim of a urimtoT f i om Ulioilo lalaud tit prewuit Binn of tha leuiiilatuia. t'hltiraa fiimlna auftoref ar dying ly liun.lirtU ami Uiore la dltnculty In n'tiriiiit tha dnad aultahla burial. The Aimtrlan premier declare every c l"ny of thn varioti nations ahould bo made an Independent government. l'r.niiloul IdHieerelt haa alxnit ntade up hia mind that tha beat way out of the ntttlnnnl campaign trouble La for the government to pny the legitimate petmeaof all candidalo. Han FnnKiloo atmet railway employ e an. rwelvlng bat k pay. The arhltra ti'.n buard grnntwl tha men art increase '"mi the time tha trouble bi'gan lwt 'U and now $415,000 la being diatrib UIinI. lr. Konnard, an Aniorloan aent In nuaalB, my the auffedrlng theio fioui 'umine la appalling. Not lea than ono, ooo aia depoudont on aid until another liar vent. Kplduuik of diamine ld lo tli uffrlng. Thorn U a doadlock In the WliiMimln "oniitorlftl oontcat. Jormno ia invoatlgnttng chnrgo of taiiiKrli)g with a Thaw juror. The vine prealdent of lha New York CentTHl railioad favor government control. The llrltUh budget propoae pon on for old age and InureumHl taxe on I ho rich, : The thief W,0 itole $25,000 from 'ho Not thrrn iVifio Kxpreaa eonitiany t Ht. l'anl haa been captured and the money reooverctl. Houthern cotton ihanugaiilurerii com l'lln of rate dUcrlmlnation by the ttilroad. CnpUiln Goorge Curry haa been In iiguraied governor of New Meileo In I'Ihoo of F. 0. llagerman, who renlgnoit. The IlilnoU Supreme court haa de eldod the mniilolnal ownerahip law in valid and Chicago will not be able tp own her own atrnet tallway ytm. Heaiat I "lrd party. aid to be building up a BUILDINQ8 UNFINISHED uamtttown Eipotltlon to Open 80 Pp Cant UompUtid. Norfolk. W. Va,, April 23. ik-ap'tut " woorgi'no ennin ol ullicliiln nd workmen, the Jameatown TeruenUuiiilul eapoamon will be oiioned Uili week on Mauly. Many of the atriu lun- that w ion uoiiimic ana loreign coin. mewlal ekhlhlla and ahelter tho ai'iilf vumiioiU In the In.lii.trinl art ai tnotuopluta. 1 et Ui iim of what haa need done, aa eoiiirod wlih tlw un. flnlahad work, form a tifi;tory re- In the beauty of tho water idiow wilh It tmailtig giUiorlng of forelun flwla. repraeiiting the mt formldubt type ui oavai ugiiung mai-lilne ol nearly very power la the world, and In an opening ptorram with l'nwident l(Kn elt In tl.a kwdlng rile, with dlplo- iimiir, miiiiary ami naval reiirearnta live of great and now 1 1 foreign tialln participating, llie public tll have Ita rwiiiiieiiM. The giounda and tnilluintrt at the ei poaitlon are aUmt m twr cent flnlahid Hi'vual thoumml of tho mol lintmrtalit building are built roliJly of brlrk. remenl and Iron, and tlne are Intend o. to teinaln on the groomi a mi- eleoa of a ureal park. KemrdleM of llie Mrmaneiue of the work, howevrr, lheeterli of imvt of the bnlldinga ill he tvaAy when the epoition in formally oM'neil on I'l l.lny net. Hie Jauiint.'wn TrriTiiU-niiial, when compleM, will be aliiKMt all that in Implied in the eipremlon, "a world'n lair," Nt it will nut atop theie. No otlitr enpnaltlon had atteinptwl to how the world the life of the colonUU. Iht liardahlp of lha plime'ra who oiwiiaJ the mo it try after civilluitlon hwl been a I la I lied on the aeuNnrd, and the achievement theae wiple wolknl from the raw niaterial. Twenty-live lttt.- III tmt-' llu-ir hlvt'itv from their rar- liet dayii to the pre nt, and the -hlhita will ln-H. re. hv huildincil. Tha atate biilldlng have Ixt-ii groopiMl along the hitric abort) of Hampton koaile, and command an envlhuit view of the iiaviin of the woihl. Il i thl gieat naval display that ill p love the crowning glory of the eapoaition. Nothing like il haa ever before Iwen attempted. Thoieare tew harboi In the world that accomodate ao large an ajoiemmage of wnJi The thvla will ntimlier, in addition lo aetrrwl of the Uat type of each ot tlie loreign naval power, the Atlantic lloct ol the I'niM flale navy, ondi'r com mand of (tear Admiral Kvana, which i coia-wlet lo he the flneot oiganinitlon of fighting machine all ml. The aeal of govenimrnt onoiKhlpj 111 le art upon tli eiptvltioti by tin coming of thn prnideul of the I'nltod hUtee, amtaadoni and inlniateni ol foreign governinvnta, tb governor and epremeniallvea of tat. and trrritorio and delegationa rvpitaeuting ImpoiUnt elvlc borlie. BIG BENEFIT TO GRAIN CROPS. Fruit Slightly Injured In Nebraaka but Snow Did Great Good. Uuiftha, Neb., April 23 An a re aull i f uuprKCtdcnted wcaUier that pro vailixl during the greater art of the month ot March, and the freeUng weather and heavy uoliill of the al few day, early triiitu, aoch am prat-liee, plum, apricota, chcrric ami black lar rie In thii eection have leen Injured, bol the general opinion among I hone who have tlie lat nicaiiit of information i that the damage ia not aa great a hiw lieen reporteil. IiuIchhI, many are ofllie opinion that, while tHy fruit have been injured and In rotiin In ataiice completely kilhl and rawribly aome' of the later varfet lo have been bmt. the lienellt nnulting to the grain crop fioiu tho iiowatorni more than offiet the damage. "Heport from point along Die line of our railroad are not unfavorable," eulil G. W. Looinl. atltaiit general manager of lha Durllngton, today. "The fruit In the aouthern part of Nrhntaka. which the umimuit warm weather in Mnri'li had biotight to an advanced alate of development, la I ported to have been pretty badly dam aged, bill little or no uainagu n rrrv cd fioiu olnl north. The mow, how ever, did a vniitamoontol good to wint er wheat, and haa put the ground in fine condition foi other farm crop." Hllmllar repoit liava been received at the general ollioo fo the Noithw out em tond. To Defend Harrlman Line. T.ipeka, Kan., April 23. It waa ru mored hero today that N. II. Ioml, general aolieitor for the Union Pacific ml 1 1 oiid In Kanaaa, waato be inailo gen eral coumiellor f' 'l 'be Hiirrinmn line in ciuw before the Intoratnto Com men'e comuilHalon. Mi, Ioml totliiy admitted that atK'h a plan wiia nndei ooiialdniNllon. In cane the position ia crentotl, Mr. Loomia will move to Chi cago, where no win nave Hll '- of aiwlatunla. i no poaiuon ia new railroad circle and i made nwiwuaiy by the paHMge of the new rate law. Snow Flurry at El Pao. El ruo, Tex., April 23. Snow foil hero thl morning at a lively rate for more than an hour. Thl la the luteal nowfall ever known hem, Mid the teni iioniluie, which win 30 degree, did damage to the email fruit and truck gnr dons in the valley, variously estimated at from 150,000 to 1100,000. r roat 1 predlctwl by the local wenther bureau lor tonight. The doldon Slate limited on the It.wk Wand rond I alx and one half hour lute on account of the anow. "" Pray for Rain In Cuba. llavaim, April 23.-Prayeri for rain were offered In churohoa thrcughout the Uland Sundny. No rain ha. fallen lu alx mcntha. The country la parched, many cattle are dying and forest Area are devaaUtlng vast area. I . OREGON STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST 8AYS ESTIMATE 18 TOO HIGH U'Hn Compllei Cot of 8ubm!tt!ni Legl.lallon to Popa. Unon City William 8. U'Ren, the falher of the initiative and referendum tnkiw Inane with the atatitmenlji that. have la-en published regarding Die coet of voting urxlci that law, Mi. C'Ken hal tnrefully uompilml the coat of inlti. atllig and !f!llg legliilative meefuree Ui the ueonlu under thaarLofl(Ml7 which ieKled tho act of 1103. Ho admit thai the poetage exneim In ndlug printed matter all over tl Ute to IW.tiOO voter will be IU.000 bill he aay that the coat of printing wonni D f j,o;jii lor U liuiic of nieaa tiiea, figuring on 1 00,000 eoplea, which one tninl mot than nave ever len printed. In aay the binding will coet l.i.noo awl Die iiM r ll,ii3. I lie fttierience ol Mr. V 'lien allindx him in good atead In figuring on thin mutter, lie bare the nwt of addreea- ing and Oiling 100,11(10 envelope at ft pr tlioiioantl, totaling ituo. Thoen vel( K can lie aupplied and printid fot f a per HhmimiikI, or i00, and he le llevea Uiat the cont of aecuring tho iiame and poetoflice addieaaea of UK), OMI votuia will not ec-ed ll.oOO. Tlic juihlication of proclamatinna it- no! ieoired by the new law of 1U07 anil the Item o .r),000 lor that pur pose iiinal be eliminated from the coet. Mr. t" Ken U-lieve tluit hia en- timate in cuimervative. FARMING PAYS AT WOODBURN Actual Crop Ditpoaad ot Show Ea tr Good Profit Woodlmrn If the true farming con- litioli of till acvtion were more wide ly known In the Kant there would be lliooranila more coining lo Oregon re- gardleaa of whetlier there are special railroad rate or full fare. Here i" on ly a few inatunce of how (arming in hia vicinity paya, reference being made U; recent ali- tl lUOQ croi: P. J. Anderaon, ten acnw of pota- t(M . old lor 11,04.1. Martm hvrgan, ix aero of potatoee, aold for 1 700. Ilonncx Bro., one and three-fourtlw acre of pohibaw, sold for :1I7. Ilciiu-horn lid'., lour acr ol on ;on, told for $S0O. Innumerable instance can be given cf big profit being made by producer in puiiitiH onion, hop, clover atod and other output, and the future look .i exceedingly bright that our farmern ate preparing to Incrco-e their acmige The mnrkti are all that could be dc ainnl. Marlon Fruit Propect. 8alem Fiultgrowcra ol thl section of tlie Willamette valley are looking forward to aplcndid cmim in all vane tit of fruit, especially in quality, and in conMHiueiH'e of the dcetructlon being wrought to the cro in part of the Kant by the recent severe frtwl ami other deli iinontal condition of weatli er, there in alao a fine prospect for good price for Oregon frutta, both gieenand evaporale.1. Although the spurs on the pruiio tree are not o thickly set aa laat yi-nr, grower are pleaaed be caused what U lacking in tpiautity will bo more than nutdo up lu tpmlity and tho pi ice btiaii w ill be increased in pro port ion . , Elgin I Going; Ahead. Elgin Klgln Is one among tho many Oregon town that are growing with rapid Kindt . Several thousand Uollais are to lie expended the pietent season f.ir public improvement, chief among which will bo the erect nm ol a new and modem school building, which will iwt when comDletft :'0,oou. ine structure will lie construclcd ot native etone ami brick and will have H-n room. The building will bo healed hyateaiii and will have every modern convenience. School Clerk Weiss is now receiving bids fur the structure, and it will be completed thl season. Adopt Interstate Regulations. Salem With the exceptitn that the lierlod of posting notices is fixed at ten days instead of 30, the Railroad com mission haa adopted tlie rule of the Interstate Commerce coramirslon bod ily, regulating tho serving of notice upon the commission and posting of same in waiting rcoms of railway eta tlons when it is proposed tc make a change In the regular schedule of rates, mileage, ooiunmtntion, pn'yi excursion and found-trip rules. Notice of the adoption of this rule bus been forward ihI to all railioad companies In the state. Expects B g Gathering. Hood River Mumber of Hood River valley's grange societies are preparing to make arrangements for entertaining their fellow member ftom other partte of tlie stuto, who will mett here in con wniiim Mnv 24. Letters iweived in dicate that between 000 and 800 mem- Iwra will be iiresent. as societies Irom several dlsti lets have already signlllcd their Intent ion of sending large delega tions. Multnomah county ia expected to be icpresontcd by 150 to 200. Paylrg Off County Debt. Oregon City The aeml-anuual rtato tnent of the financial condition of Clack- amn county, Just complotodby County Clork F. W. Oreenman, shows that the net indebtedness of the county has been decreased by one-half during the past year. The Indebtedness March 31, 100(1, was 4a,0(S.i, ami mis yer is only 120.671.80. INSPECTION MAY BE CHEAP. State Sheep Commission Inclined to Make Burdan tight at Possible. Kalem One of th most serious prob lems the Oregon Shecpcomralalon will have to solve is the schedule of rate to Ihj cluirgi-d by county inspector for the inspection of thick for scab or other contagious infectious disease. It Is probable the solution determined on will he to turn the duty of Inspetcion ""i ki ine.goveriimeiii inspeciois, 0 pcctaily easl of the Cascade, and con flue tlie duties of the deputy state in spectors to supervise the dipping, with their compeneation fixed on the basis of V per day and expenses. in otder lo make the expense as light a possible upon the sheepmen the com mission first decided noon a minimum cluirge of 26 cent and a maximum of 1 'cut per head per ' flock, wbeie the number did not exceed 1,000 head. Then it was' thought a maxamuro charge of f 1 per flock would be suffi cient, inasmuch a there waa not much work connected with the ins wet ion which com ista principally of taking a liinlm-ve view of the dock and looking for outward symptoms of scab and ticks, and requites only a few minutes' work. Mutt Put Up Tim Tables. One of the rule of the state railroad commission is that bullttlns giving the hour of the arrival and departure of all trains, be potted in every station. rractically all stations have for years been supplied with these bulletin boards but liecauite of the carelessness or indif ference of agents, time cards have not been posted for the Information of the public. Newly painted bulletin boards are being sent tc station agents for the 0. R. & N. and the Southern Pacific, wiimpiinicd by a letter from the office if (teueral Manager J. P. O'Brien, in which the atleution of agouti is called to the p)tiii of bulletins. Train Service Bad. Members of the elate railroad com mission have addreesed a letter to Wil liam Mc Murray general cawtsenger agent for the O. R. & N., informing him that the local train service be tween Iliggs and Pendleton ia Inade quate. In the absence of a necessary local service U'twcen these points, the coiumlssioD arguo that tlie heavy transcontinental trains hae boen obliged to look after this tiafflc with the result that these tiaina are fre- piently several hour late reaching Portland. Commission Houta Changes Hands La Grande An important real estate deal was consummated this week when W. Damon and lr. M. K. Hall pur hweil the fruit and comruiwion husi- nos foimcrly owue.1 by the Parr-Simmons company. The present owners will enlarge the facilities for handling butiiies and will proliebly add a cold storage plant during the summer. Mr. Pumou will be the active manager. The price paid for the business was 16,000. Banner Clover Crop. Oregon City What is said to be the banner clover crop of this part of the Willamette valley lias been raised by W. P. Herman, of Molalla. He har vested 21,300 pounds, mostly alalke and red clover. Mr. Herman sold the red clover for 11 Si cents and the alsike for 11 cents, getting a handsome piofit from his crop. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 75c; bluestem, 77c: valley, 72c j red, 74c. Outs No. 1 white, 129.00; gray, $28 (?.29. Ryo 1.4Sti)I.50 per cwt. Barley Feed, $22.60 per ton; brew ing, $25; rolled, $23.6024.50. Coin Whole, $25; cracked, $26 per ton- Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $1516 per ton; Koatein Oregon timothy, $17 clover, $0; cheat, $9; grain hay, $U10. Apples Lonin on, 76cfe;1.25 per box; choice, $1.602. Vegetables Turnips, $11.25 per sack; carrots, $11.25; beets, $1.26 60; horseradish, 78c per pound; cnullllowcr, 75(jft$1.2S per doxen ; let tuce, head, 35(45o per doxen; onions, 10(ii)12o per doxen; radishes 20c per losen; asparagus 6c per pound; rhn- baib 45o per pound. Oni ma Oregon $3.50C)4 1 r owt. Potatoes Oregon Burbank iancy $1.40(31.65; extia fancy, $1.75(32; No. 1 choice, $1.26(91.40. Butter Fancy creamery, 25 27 S)0 per pound. Butter Fat rirst grade oream 2fic per pound; second grade oieam 2c lees per pound. ' v louiiry Average ohi neng, idooiuo tor pound; mixed ohickens, 1615Xc; prillg Iryera nd broilers, Ti W26c; . old roosters, 1018c; dressed chick many's decided attitude in opposition ens, 1617c; turkeys, live, 13015c; to It, was made public today. It does turkeys, dressed, choice, 180200; iot greatly affect France's position rel goese live, 8c; ducks, 1618o. I at ive to the limitation of armament. KggS l0o per doxen. I Veal Dressed. 5ka8We oer nound. Beef Dressed bulls, 33jjc per bly all efforts to advance the Idea, pound; oows, 6Gc; country steers, ' l7o. Volcano Erupt In Andes. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 1010H'o Valparaiso, Chile, April 19. News per pound; ordinary, 8(j0o; spring has reached here lhat the Ron ihue vol lambs, with pelt, 1213c. loano, in the province of Valdlvla, Is In Fork Dressed, 69o per pound. violent eruption. The eruptions are Hops 710u per pound, according accompanied by awful subterranean to quality. , 1 rumblings, earthquakes, lnteuse dark- Wool Eastern Oregon average beat, neesa, electrical displays, ashes and 1318o ter pound, according to shrink- boiling water. The flowing lava haa age; valley, 2022o according to fine- nest; mohair, choice, 2929)lo. DEEP SNOW ON PRAIRIES. Six Inch Ruin Frull Protpact, But Benefit Wheat. Omaha, April 19. Five ' inches of snow fell during the night, and the toiin continued during the forenoon, The fall was general over Eastern Ne braska, and is the heaviest knewn in April for many years. The extent of damage is not known. Opinion as to trie storm's eflect upon fruit and early vegetable varies. In some cointle along the southern and central belt cherries, peaches, plum, and beiriet are aaid by some authorities to have been ruined almost entirely, while other groweil report that fruit was not far enough advaried to become seriously enaangereo. In grain cln lea it is believed the (now will kill all the green bugs that have been threatening tlie winter wheat crop and spreading over the central portion of the state. A rtorfolk dispatch rayt Northern ebraska, Southern South Dakota, Northeastern Wyoming and Ihe Black Hillt aie covered with a blanket of snow six inches deep upon the level, wliicn is still tailing. At Northwestern railroad headquarters here it was said the storm waa practically over the en tire system west of the Missouri river, DEATH LIST GROWING. Mexican Earthquake Proves to Hav Been Mott Disaatroua. City of Mexico, April 19. Today the Associated Press was in direct commu nication with a number of town in the district a fleeted by Sunday's earth quake. From the telegrams received it is certain that the death list will ex ceed 100. There are a number of small towns yet to be hoard from, but up to date the average number of fatalities at these places ha ranged from 9 to 12 and the number of injured from 30 to 40. In Chilapa 33 persona were injured and 779 buildings destroyed. Nobody was killed, as reported yesterday Alter the nist great shock the sir was filled for many miles with a thick, sickening, sulphurous odor. This caused great distress to the survivor There are many speculations as to the cause of tlie peculiar fieak of nature and some consider it a proof that the earthquake had its origin in tome sub terranean explosion. FIRST ANNIVERSARY, San Francisco Remembers Earthquake Year Age. San Francisco, April 19. While there waa no general cessation of the work of rehabilitation, the first anni versary of the earthquake and the fire which left this city a mass of ruins was observed yesterday by appropriate re ligious services and commemorative ex ercises by the Building Trades Council and other organisations. The crowning event of the day was the banquet of the Meichante' associa lion at the Hotel Fairmount, at which the material and civic regeneration of the city was amply discussed and faith expressed in a new and grrwter San Franc itco. The principal business streets weie decorated with bunting and incandescent lights. Flags were flying everywhere and tlie dome of the city hall, still in a partly wiecked con dition, waa illuminated as on gala occa sions "before the fire." WILL GO FOR SIX-BITTERS Frisco Policy Holders Bring 1,800 Suits for Payment. San Francisco, April 19. More than 100 suits against insurance companies for the payment of policies held during the great fire a year ago were filed to day at the county clerlrt office, bring- ng the total well over 1,800. At 6 o'clock, when tha office closed, there was a long line of attorneys, clerks and messengers waiting, and it took three clerks nearly an hour to dispose ot the overflow. Today was practically the last day for the filing of such suits, although in ome oases the year allowed will not expire until tomorrow. Dining the past two days the county clerk s oflice has taken in nearly $3,000 in fees on these case alone. Too fVuch Executes Power. Chicago, April 19. A plea for the perpetuation of state rights was made ast night by Congressman WInfield 8. Hammond, of Minnesota, in a talk at the 12th annual banquet of the Holland society of Chicago. His subject was 'The Sovereign Slate." Mr. Ham mond took a covei t rap at Pretident Roosevelt by declaring that "In view of recent events, one might be led to be lieve that the legislative department of tlie Federal government has become wellnlgh extinct. It is a bied in us to have the government close to us." Proposition Is Withdrawn. Paris, April 19. The announcement of the withdrawal of Italy's compromise proposition on the discussion ofl imita on of armament at The Hague peace oomcrwnce, owing tu annrn ami uer- Aiiuiornuve circle ueciure uiat r ranee. as a mattei of principle, regards favor- set Are to the surrounding forests, and the inhabitants aie fleeing In terror. j FIRE IN PHILIPPINES Ho Ho, Second Town In Islands, Sailers Heavy Loss. TYPHOON IN CAROLINE ISLANDS On-FourthJh Population of On of tha Island Dead and Rest Are Starving. Manila, April 20. Latest report from Iloilo say the fire has been checked. The native quarter of tho city was destroyed. The property lean is estimated at $100,000 gold. The buai ness section of the city was untouched, it being saved by the military and eon stabulary. Seven hundred house were destroyed and 800 or 1,000 natives made home less. Adequate relief measure have been taken. The horn lees have been housed in school and other building The province and the city will prov'de for the refugee and no physical suffer ing is feared. There was no loss of life by the earthquakes. The shocks, while the most severe experienced in 15 years, were not violent enough to cause much destruction. Dispatches from points in several provinces report severe shocks but little damage. The total damage caused by the earthquakes in the entire archipelago will not exceed $10,000. .- , Typhoon Sweeps Carolina Islands. Berlin, April 20. Colonial Director Dernburg informed the budget commit tee of the reichgtag today that a cable message had been received from the governor ol the island of lap, a nouncing that a' disastrous typhoon swept over the Caroline island on Good Friday, March 29, and that 230 cf the 800 native of Ihe Ululthi group were drowned, that the coceanut trees were destroyed, and that famine threat ens the surviving natives. The steamer Planet, of the German navy, which lias been engaged in geo detic work, and the steamer Mani, of the Jaluit company, proceeded to TJiul thi islands, taking food and help. It waa proposed to bring aa many of the suffeiing natives as possible to the Pe- lew and Ladrone islands. Lata Than IOO Live Lost. Mexico City, April 20. Communica tions have now been opened with all the impoitant points in the section most affected by the earthquake. The latest reports indicate that the .loss of life will not reach 100, but many persons have been injured and the property loss u very great. ice President Corral, in a commu nication published here today, declare that the whole of the state of Gueirero haa been devastated. Thousands of dollars are. being sub scribed to the fund being raised in thi city for the relief of the earthquake sufferers. WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. Bryce Speculates on Result if Revolu tion Had Failed. Philadelphia, April 20. James Bryce, ambassador from Great Britain, n an address at the banquet of the Trans-Atlantic society of America here onight, declared that, if America had remained ai a colonial ward of Eng land, President Roosevelt would not have been confronted with such world- mportant problems aa he is now called to solve. Had the countries not been separat ed, Mr. Bryce said, the development of the United States would hare been more gradual. He was of the opinion that slavery would not have endured to long and wculd have gone, perhaps, llhout bloodshed. There would have been fewer railroads, less internal strife and consequently fewer big economic problems to solve. Fued Ties Up Whole Port. Odessa, April 20 Srion disturb ances have again broken out here. Yes terday several members of the Union of Russian People attacked workmen along the harbor front who refused to join the union, killing two and wounding five. No arrests were made. The work men at once retaliated by going oqL strike, demanding that members of the union be disarmed. The authorities declined to grant this demand. Today the railroad laborers joined in the strike, with the result that the harbor is entirely closed. Forgery by Mutual Life, New York, April 20. Abraham Ben edict, ol the law finu f Guggenheim, Untermeyer A Marshall, counsel to the International Policyholders' commit tee, called on Acting District Attorney Smyth at the district atorney't office tot lay and laid before Mr. Smyth cer tain evidence by which it is alleged forgery had been committed in the election held recently by the Mutual ' Life Insurance company. The district attorney's office will investigate. Georgia Peaches Killed Z Atlanta! Ga., April 20. State En tomologist Smith today received report from tlie various peach growing dis tricts of the state, a summary of which shows that at least 75 per cent of the crop haa been killed by the recent cold weather. WILL FIGHT HENEY. Big Corporation Hav Banded To- gather in San Francisco. San FrancUco, April 17. A conspir acy which put into the shade the $5, 000,000 affair that recently aroused the inmate of the White House has evolv ed from the graft proceedings in San Francisco, and, like the conspiracy In Washington, it has ita headquarters in Washington. Moreover, one of tha leaders of the $5,000,000 conspiracy is one of the chief actor in this latest plot. In short, the big corporations, which have lighted the specter of indictment, have banded together against the com mon toe. Combined, they represent one of the most powerful forces that America has known, and they are pre pared to expend a large share of the un limited capital they control. Tha United Railroads, an $80,000,000 cor poration ; the Pacific 8tte Telephone 4 Telegraph company, the Home Tele phone company, and lastly the South ern Pacific company, have joined hands to fight down the graft prosecution. The bead and front of the plot are reputed to be Patrick Calhonn and E. H. Harriman. It la no secret that above all other it is Ihe desire of Mr. Heney to direct the fire of the prosecu tion against Calhoun and the men who occupy tho seat of the mighty in the councils of the Southern Pacific. Har- riman's representative on the Pacific, w. r. Hen in, is one of the chief . ob jects of Mr. Heney's investigation. Mr. Herrin has always refused to come into the open and even now, with public attention centered npon him, he re mains in the background. MEXICAN SHOCKS CONTINUE Destruction Grows a R sport Coma From Outlying District. City of Mexico, April 17. Heavy earthquake shocks continued on the west coaat until 4 o'clock this morning. Late news of the earthquake shows that the devastation wrought was greater than at first supposed. Beside the de struction of Chilpancingo and Chilapa, it i now said that Tixtla also waa lev eled. Messenger reaching Chilpancin go aay the town of Ayotla and Omete- pre nave been wiped out. The population of Ayotla is small. and it is thought the loss of life there will be insignificant. Ometeprw i a town of about 4,000 inhabitant and the loss of life probably is large. Tlx pa, near the bolder line of the state of Oaxaca, ia also reported to be wiped out. A report from Chilpancin go says the whole of the west coast from Acapulco south of Salina Crux has been badly damaged. The damaged places are remote, and news from the stricken district conse quently is incomplete. Only one wire is working to Chilpancingo. Standard Dodge Taxes. Chicago, April 17. Taxing authori ties of Lake county, Indiana, have in stigated an action against the Standard Oil company ot Whiting aa a result ot investigations in charge of County As sessor William E. Black and his assist ant, Towns Assessor Bert Escher, of Hammond. They have discovered, they say, that the company for four yeata baa sequestered millions of dollar' worth of . valuable property from tax duplicates. It ia estimated by the officials that the Standard Oil company anouid be paying taxes on $40,000,000 worth of property when . it is assessed on the tax duplicates for only $3,000, 000 worth. Will Test tha 16-Hour Law. Butte, Mont, April 17 A Helena special to the Miner states that Attor ney General Albert J. Galen in an opinion rendered today state that he bold tbe recent enactment by the leg islature of the statute limiting tha hours of employment of railway em ployes to 16 hour to be valid. Wil- 1am Wallace, Jr., counsel for the Northern Pacific, baa served notice upon the board of railway commission er that tbe company will Ignore the new statute. Mr. Galen has advised the commissioners to at once begin a test case against the railways. Accused of Taking Briba. Chicago, April 17. Perry L. Hed rick, chief sanitary Inspector of the oity Health department, was arrested today on charges of soliciting and ae cepting a bribe. It is alleged the $200 paid to him by Georgt A. Beckway, an inventor, waa found in his pocket when he was arrested. Hedrick was released on $10,000 bonds. According to the charges made against Hedrick, ba agreed with Beckway that on . payment of the money he would recommend Beck way 'a invention to the Health de partment. Boston Haa 1 00,000 Firs. Boston, April 17. Millions of dol lars worth of property was endangered today by a fite that broke out in a Cen tral wharf warehouse, but owing to lha fact that the wind was blowing in tha diiection ot the harbor, the firemen were able to confine the flame and pre vent their spreading toward the oity. The fire waa started in the oil refining plant ot Howe, French dc Co., and was caused by the explosion of an oil tank. The property losa is placed at $100,000. Wiaconsln Central Is Guilty. Minneapolis, April 17. A Jury in the United State District court last night found the Wisconsin Central rail road and two ot its officials guilty of rebating. Burton Johnson, general freight agent, and G. T. Huey, hi assistant, were convicted on all tha 17 counts named In the indictment, !1 '